A Gary, IN teen has proven that hard work really does pay off. 18-year-old high school student Raven Osborne is about to graduate from college before even receiving her high school diploma. Osborne graduates from college on May 5th, and doesn’t graduate high school until May 22nd. Wait, how is that even possible? Osborne currently attends […]
For this Get Up Poll, Erica Campbell and GRIFF ask listeners this important question: when is the right time to send your kids out of the house and into the world? In a time when even the vast majority of recent college graduates move back home, the answer to such a question is certainly not […]
In this edition of GRIFF’s Prayer, GRIFF thanks God for week one of college football. He talks about Houston’s surprising win over Oklahoma, LSU “taking that L in Wisconsin,” and much more. He says God was out in full force on the football fields of colleges across the country “opening up the red sea” as […]
Talk about a blessing! After hearing the story of one single mother’s hope to finish off her child’s college education, a Willie Moore Jr. Show listener decided to give a blessing of a lifetime. Get your tissues ready! Listen to what happened on The WMJS here.
Since 2010, every single Urban Prep graduate has been accepted to a four-year college or university.
Michelle Obama delivered the final commencement speech of her tenure as First Lady Friday at City College of New York in Harlem, addressing more than 3,000 members of the class of 2016 at the 169-year-old public college. During the speech, which included a dig at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and a brief talk about the significance […]
The Obama Administration is launching an experimental initiative to provide Pell grants to high school students enrolling in college courses. The initiative targets low-income students.
What may not have been a traditional graduation speech has now captured the heart and souls of many.
Watch Roland Martin, Rep. G.K. Butterfield, Rev. William Barber, Edith Bartley, and the NewsOne Now panel discuss the battle against SB 873 in the video clip above.
The Harlem native overcame a very troubled past. As a teen, he fell into a life of crime, but bounced back to become a graduate of the esteemed New York City college.
What's more, Morton will begin his residency at the same hospital where he was saved.
Banning the box on college applications, "ensures that every young person has a shot," Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to the President, said.
